Adjusting device



Oct. 16, v14928. 1 1,688,313

L. G. PACENT ADJUSTING DEVICE Filed may 9, 1925 a 9 8 @JT 2Aomus Paienieaiocf. ifi-.1928."V

UNITED STATES PATENT o'Fiicii.

`Louis e. PAcENmgor WINFILD, NEW YORK, 'AssmNoa To PAGENTCELECTRIC- colu- PANY, or NEW YORK, N. Y., A colaroan'rIoN on NEW 'Yonr f ADYJUSTING Dnvicn.

Application mea Hay' 9, 1925. serial No.- 29,173. This invention relates to the adjustment of that reason it is shown 'equijped with a set4 radio and other instruments where there is screw vl'8'by which it can be the necessity for close and accurate settings. relation upon the shaft I9 of such instrument;

Special objects of the invention are to pro- @This set screw is'showny seated in an annular vide an adjusting device of particularly a-tgroove in the side of the hub so that it the instrument to be adjusted, operable to efront of the device.

feet fine, smooth adjustments of the instrument and of simple, inexpensive construction. 21 shownv as held on a shouldered portion 22 In the attainment of theV foregoing and 'of the hub by an over-turned ange23. This other desirable objects, various novel vfeapositioning of the disclocatges the game ai; the

Fixed ori-.the h'ubwithin the case'is'a disc tures of construction, combinations and relaend of the hub bearing flange 14,fthus aiding tions of parts are utilized, as set forth inthe in positioning the hub in the case. following speciication.

In the drawing accompanying and forming o handle 24 on the outer end of a stud 25 shown part `of this specification, the. invention 1s journaled in the face plate by having a slioulillustrated embodied in one of its practical: dered portion 26 'engaged in the rearwardly The adjustment is effected by a-knb orcommercial forms, but the structure maybe langed-bearingj`27 ofrfsaid fag@ p1a-said modifiedv without depart-ure `from the spirit .stud being shouldered at its inner end at 28- and scope of the invention as hereinafter set for the discs 29 which grip` the rim 'ofi the forth and broadly claimed. hub disc 21. The discsI 29 are shown heldin Figure 1 is a front elevation of a practica-l place by the riveting of the inner end oftheM embodiment .of the invention as applied to a stud at 30 over the inner disc and secured in supporting panel.

Figure 2 'is anedge view of the same. the inner end of the bearing flange 27 serves Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional to position-and limit the outward movement view of the lower half of the device. 0f the adjusting member. i The body or supporting structure of the de The. dises 29 are made of spring material vice is shown as made up of two substantially and are shown formed at their edges with iat plates 5, 6 having flanged rims v7, Soverite-entrant lips provided by forming the oplapped in telescopic engagement vto form!V a posed annular `beads 31 in themeeting rim relatively thin dat casing. The f langeToff portions of tlieisaine.. Thesetlips engage the the frontor face plate 5 is shown turned over rim o the hub discwith sutlicient grip to inthe back of the other plate at 9 to secure the -sur'e positive rotation of the same and they `reinforce andv improve the appearance of the I f such .purposes and here illustrated as a crucitwo casing members permanently together. provide for-'the easy runningentrance of the The casing so constructed Vis-sliown as ofgendisc and clearance for that part of Athe disc erally circular form with an extension 10 atL which extends inwardly beyond such lips. Vthe lower portion of the saine and with an ornamental raised bead 11 entirely about the a means for setting the instrument at prederim-of the circular and -extension portions to termined values, the adjusting device is pref.- -erably provided with an indicator suited to case.

Y At the center of the case a hub or collar 12 vform pointer having one pair of opposed diis located, the samebeing shown as rotatably .rect readin lingers 32 and a pair of suppleheid to the case by'having 'a reduced orshoulmentar in irectreadin ingers 33 cooperatdered i portion 13 journaled in an inwardly ing wit one or more sca es 34 on the front of 'I flanged bearing 14 in the front Aplate and-a the case. This pointer is shown secured at further reduced shouldered end portion 15 35 to the outer portion of the hub at the back 'Y rotatably engaged in an opening 16Ain the of'the' set screw groove and' as having a.

Vplate at 17.

back plate'. `The inner end of the hub is Y flange or ring 36 connectii shown asanged over the backof the rearv fingers and formed as a sc operating .with the fixed scale 34.

The hub 12`is the part'whicli is connected Y with the instrument t9 be adjusted and; formounts now qulte commonly used-'for con,"

this relation, the outer disc by abutment byv As an aid in making the adjustments-'andthe tips of the e or markerA co- To'adapt. the invention to-the fone hole tractive form, capable of ready application to does not protrudeand does'not appear at the 60` densers and other instruments, the back plate, hub disc and front plate may be cupped or forwardly offset about their centers as indicated at 37, 38, 39 respectively to position the hub forwardly of the flat plane of the case and provide a space at the back of the same for the lock nut. 40 at the front of the panel which secures the bearing sleeve 41 of the mount in place. Also if desired, the hub may be countersunk atv its inner end as indicated at 42 to receive the forward end of the screw sleeve 41. The rearwardly extending web 36 of the pointer overstands the forward offset of the case, thus hiding the same from view.

The invention is applied by simply slipping the open inner end of the hub over the projecting end of the Shaft of the condenser or other instrument until the case bears flat against the panel or other supporting surface 43 and then y tightening the set screw 18, after the pointer has been set to accord with the position of the instrument. As the hub is journaled in the case, the case can be supported in suspended relation from the hub after the hub has been.

properly attached to the instrument shaft. Preferably, however, the case is independently supported as by means of headed pins 44 extended from the front of the casing through openings provided'in the panel and havingsplit ends bent over the back ofthe panel to. secure them in place.

The ratio of the intermeshing discs attached to the knob and hub is preferably such by manipulating the hub. Also, when desired, more rapid adjustments can be secured by imparting a more extensive or contmuous motion to the knob, the exposed rounded head of the-knob facilitating bbth such adjust ments. As the casing is relatively thin and flat, the device lies close against the panel and because of its generallyL ornamental character, adds a pleasing and finished effect. As the device consists of but few parts and those mostly lightpsheet metal, the same can be built quite i gaged withf of thejcollarl inexpensively.

What is claimed is:

1. An adjusting device comprising front and back plates having flanged rims telescopically' engaged to form al thin lat case, a collar rotatably held to, said .plates and provided with means for securing same to the shaft of an instrument to be adjusted, indicating means on said collar traversing the front plate of the case, a friction disc carried by the collar within the case and an operating member journaled inthe front plate of the' caseand f layingy a -v friction wheel withinzthefcase en- `24"An ,adjusting davolip aiifgffr'trit" arrebaakpla'teshavingflngedmS-@IGSCOPI-1- ilcally engaged to.' form a thin flat-case, alollar rotatably held tov said plates and pro-videdl having a friction wheel within 'the case engaged with the discof the collar, the hack plate, friction disc and front plate having-forwardly oset portions concentric with the collar and the indicator .having a ring about the forward offset on the front plate.

An adjusting device comprising front and back plates having flanged rims telescopically engaged to form a thin flat case, a collar rotatably held to said plates and provided with means for securing same to the shaft of an instrument to be adjusted, indicating means on said collar traversing the front plate of the case, a friction disc carried by the collar within the case and an' opera-ting member journaled in the front plate of the case and having a friction wheel within the case vengaged with the disc of the collar, the front plate having a flanged bearing for the collar and a flanged bearing for the operating member, the frictiondisc and wheel engaging the ends of such flanges to limit axial displace ment of said members.

4. An adjusting device comprising a thin flat supporting plate having annular flanges struck up from the flat plane of the same and forming a bearing for a hub and a bearing for an actuating knob, a hub journaled in the first shouldered portion of the hub and by which said face plate and hub are definitely positioned and the face plate may be supported from-the hubwhen the hub is ailixed to the shaft of the instrument to be adjusted, a disc secured on the hub in back of the shouldered portion of the same and at the back of the face plate so that said face plate isV definitely lull *bearing flange and provided with a disc at the -back of said plate, a' knob journaled in the secpositioned on the hub 'between the shoulder L at'the front' and the disc at the back of 'the same, an indicator on the forward portion of the hub for travel over the face plate and an k,operating member journaled in the face plate v'having a wheelinback of 'the faceplate in driving engagement with the. rim fof-the disc,

6.,An adjustingv device'comprising a hub With flnrireans for securing the game over the shaft of an instrument to be adjusted, said hub having a shouldered portion, a face -plate provided with a bearing receiving the shouldered portion of the hub, a disc secured on the hub in back ofthe shouldered portion of the same, an indicator on the forward pory tion of the hubfor travel over the face plate and an operatingmember journaled in the -face plate having a wheelin back of the face plate in driving engagement with the rim of the disc, said face plate having a rearwardly projecting flange about the rim of the same forming an enclosure for thedisc and fric; ytion wheel and a means for spacing the face plate infront of a panel or other surface.

7. yAn adjusting device comprising a hub `provided'with means for securing the same over the shaft of an instrument to be adjusted,

said h ubhaving a shouldered portion, a face plateprovided` with a bearing receiving the shouldered portion of the hub, a disc secured on the hub, in back of the'shoulderedvportion of the same, an indicator on the forward portion of the hub for travel over the faceplate and an operating member journaled in the face plate having a wheel in back of the face* plate indriving engagement with the rim of the disc,`.said operating member including a studjournaled in the face plate and having a finger hold at the front of the face plate, the friction wheel including a pair of spring discs rigidlyheld at the center and provided with reentrant lips at the rims tov rece1ve thev edge of the friction disc between them.

8. An adjustingdevice comprising a face plate having an inwardly flanged hub bearing and an inwardly flanged stud bearing, a hub having a shouldered portion engaged in the first flanged bearing, a stud having a shouldered portion engagedin the' second flanged bearing, a handle on ,the stud at the front of lthe face plate and a friction. wheel on the stud\ in back of the face plate, a friction disc on the hub in back of the `face plate and engaged by the friction wheel of the adjusting stud, means for securingthe hub in adjusted relationV on the shaft of an instrument to be actuated and an indicator on the exposed portion of the hub traversing the front of the face plate.

9. An adjusting device comprislng a face platehaving an inwardly flanged hub bearing and an inwardly flanged stud bear1ng, `a hub 'having a shouldered peortion engaged-'1n the first flanged bearing, a ystud having a shouldered portion engagedin Vthe second flanged bearing, a handle on the stud'at the front ofthe face plate and a friction wheel on th stud in back of thejface plate, a friction disc on the hub .in back of the face plate and' engaged by the friction wheelof the adjustmg stud, means for securing the hub in adjusted relaltion on the shaft of an instrument to be actuated and an indicator on the exposed portion of the VAhub traversing the front of the face plate, the face plate having a forwardly Ocupped portion surrounding the hub and the disc having a corresponding vforwardly offset axial portion. r 10. An adjusting device comprising a face plate having an inwardly flanged hub bearvingand aninwardly flanged stud bearing, a

hub having a shouldered portion engaged in the first flanged bearing, a stud having a shouldered portion engaged in the second flanged bearing, a handle on the stud at the front ofthe face plate and a friction wheel on the stud in back pf the face plate, a friction disc on the hub in back of the face plate andengaged bythe friction wheel of the' adjusting stud, means for securingthe hub in adjusted relation on the shaft of an instru! ment to be actuated, an indicator on the exposed 'portion of the hub traversing the front of the face plate and a back plate covering the disc and friction wheel, thehub having an annular flange at the inner end of the same rotatably engaged over the rear of said `back plate. j t

. 11. disclosed comprising a case, a hub journaled in said case and provided with means for at-f taching same to a part ofthe instrument to be adjusted, a knob journaled in the case and cooperating drive discs on the knob and hub, including a pair of spring discs on oneaof such members grippin between them the edge of a disc on the ot er of such members,

the case and the disc on the hub member being cupped forwardly about the axis of thehub to provide a space at the'back of the case for the mount of the instrument.

12. An instrument adjusting device comprising a disc provided with means for en abling a driving connection `of thesame with 'the instrument to be adjusted, a pair of smaller spring discs arranged in opposed re-v lation and rotatably mounted with their edges gripping between them the edge of the edges.

13. An instrument adusting device comprising a thin flat case made u of closely spaced front and back plates wit the rim of one flanged over the rim of the other, a flat discjournaled in the case and provided with means forfenabling connection of t'he'same.

with the shaft of an instrument to be ad# justed, a pair of spring discs secured together 1nl opposed relation at their centers with their edges in gripping engagement over the edge An adjusting `device of the characterR yield at their of the Hat dis,csaid spring discs being journaled Ain the, case and o erating means exposed at the front'of the case for rotating said spring discs.

14. An Ainstrument adjusting device comprising a thin flat ease having a forwardly cupped Acentral portion, a disc journaled in said central portion of the case -and having also a forwardly cupped central portion con centric with the cupped portion of the case, indicating means connected with said disc and extending over the cupped portion on the front of the case, cooperating springdiscs journale-d within the case in gripping engagement with the first disc and operating means for said discs exposed at the front of the ease to one side of the indicating means operating tlereover.

15. An adjusting device of the character disclosed comprising a case, ahub journaled in sald case and exposed at the rear of the case Vfor engagement -with an instrument posed at the front of the same, cooperating drive discs on the hub and'knob and actuated from the knob, including a pair of spring tensioned discs connected withone of such members gripping between them the edge of a disc connected with the other of such members, the case and the disc connected with the hub member being cupped forwardly about the axis of the hub to provide a space at the back of the case or'the mount ofl the instrument.

shaft, a knob Journaled in the case and ex- In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 7 th day of May, 1925.

LOUIS G. PACENT. 

